Dr. Matthew Zanis is from Phoenix, AZ and is a Doctor of Human Movement and an expert in human performance. He is the founder of Rooted in MVMNT, a company that helps athletes, coaches, and other rehabilitation providers build confidence and trust is their bodies and practices through the 5 pillars of movement, vitality, mindset, nutrition, and training.

Dr. Zanis works with a broad demographic from Olympians to the highest branches of military including Navy Special Warfare and everyone in between. His vision is to create an awareness of new ways of working with the human body in rehabilitation, performance, and coaching circles, and bring that alive through a philosophy that is rooted in movement. 

Key Highlights

0:00 - Intro

0:34 - Introducing Dr. Matthew Zanis

2:50 - Dr. Zanis’s Background, Baseball Aspirations, And Path To Physical Therapy

7:35 -  How Weight Training Affects Professional Sports

10:45 - The True Definition Of An Athlete

15:48 - How Playing Multiple Different Childhood Sports Builds Pattern Recognition

19:00 - Why Left Handed Baseball Swings Are More Fluid

20:40 - Why You Should Be Barefoot In The Gym 

36:27 - Rooted In MVMNT 

42:38 - The Definition of Vitality

44:00 - Tom Brady’s Five Pillars: Movement, Vitality, Mindset, Nutrition, Training

46:00 - Training with Olympic Athletes

49:15 - Athlete’s Mindset Towards Business 

51:23 - Outro

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